My father snorted impatiently and repeated his question. “What m-m-makes…you special?” I looked away‚ eyes roaming the study. “I don’t know‚” I murmured. This was no dodge; it was the truth. “No‚” my father insisted. He raised his voice. “Think. “What makes you different?” I shook my head‚ not knowing what he wanted me to say. I assumed the question required some kind of trick answer‚ but the only ones that kept coming to mind were stupid and embarrassing. How was I unique? Let’s see…I wear a size
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as I did. Because their heritage may be detrimental to their lives in America. Their immigrant family members do not want their kids to be put into boxes that they will never be able to escape from. My grandparent’s map was one that lead them to a personal hell for a period of years. They did not want my sister and I to face that
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red lights and or stop signs or anything that gives a warning) you would have a high chance of getting hit by a car and most likely end up in the hospital or even dead. That’s why there are traffic rules that should be followed. Another reason following rules is important is if there were to be a student with a weapon at school. If a student didn’t pay attention during school when we do a “lockdown” drill‚ he/she would probably be harmed‚ kidnapped or worse.. killed. If kids did not follow directions
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Social work is a profession for those with a strong desire to help improve people’s lives. Social workers help people function the best way they can in their environment‚ deal with their relationships‚ and solve personal and family problems. Social workers often see clients who face a life-threatening disease or a social problem. These problems may include inadequate housing‚ unemployment‚ serious illness‚ disability‚ or substance abuse. Social workers also assist families that have serious domestic
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The Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude‚ obnoxious‚ and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words‚ playing soft music‚ and doing anything else he could think of to clean up the bird’s vocabulary. Finally John had had enough. In exasperation one day‚ he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.
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the best of moods‚ I was curious of what was wrong with him‚ but I was scared that if I asked‚ the same question would be asked back immediately; so to avoid that stressful question I smartly asked to go get a drink in one of those pubs‚ were old men with a boring life go to have a pint and watch the football game‚ were the country music is played and the chunky wife sings along to every word‚ were when crufty pretty girls walk in they get offered a free drink‚ and straight after leave. He looked
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a research and development department and so forth‚ operates according to functional organization. The functional structure provides employees‚ as well as their appropriate departments‚ with a clear objective and purpose for their work. In other words‚ employees within a marketing department know that their job is marketing and‚ as a result‚ those employees can focus on improving their marketing work and even specialize in a specific area of marketing. On the other hand‚ functional structure can
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day after day and unintentionally present me various titles that all brought an aroma of mystery. Temptation would force me to reach upon the bookshelf‚ shovel the dust off of the bookshelf‚ and attempt to read strange new words. Every title would elicit a wide range of questions that would scatter my mind‚ but‚ because I lacked the wisdom brought by experience and context‚ there were no visible answers. Therefore‚ I continued to read fruitless‚ age accommodating‚ books that provided no true substance
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The Injury "It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it." - John Wooden This time‚ I didn’t finish the game‚ I usually do! But.. not this time. This time was different‚ it was serious. It truly took a part of my life away. I heard a loud bang‚ almost like a gunshot. Fear and anger swept across my face‚ I knew something was wrong‚ all wrong. Punching the ground knowing I couldn’t stand‚ I couldn’t keep playing‚ I couldn’t finish the game. Just laying there on the ground was the
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UC Personal Statement Growing up as a child I never really had worries. The only worry I had was who would beat me to the monkey bars during recess. I had what I like to call the most boisterous childhood I could ever ask for. No problems seemed to head my direction. Obviously‚ I was a child what could possibly go wrong? Young kids don’t actually start understanding certain things until they are about 11 or 12 years of age‚ but me I knew the exact words that came out of the lady I would call my
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